The most recent version of the IEEE’s wireless local-area network (WLAN) standard, 802.11ac, uses the 5-GHz unlicensed band and multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) to significantly boost data speeds ...

The first thing you need to know about IEEE 802.11ac—the latest wireless networking standard—is that the standard isn’t actually finished. Today’s 802.11ac routers are based on a second draft. Early ...

The standard offers theoretical speeds ranging from 6.5 Mbps to 866.7 Mbps. There is always another standard coming. This one focused on high throughput wireless networks. It is the IEEE standard ...

A question we’re hearing with increasing frequency concerns the upcoming 802.11ac standard, which promises to do to 802.11n what .11n did to .11g. While the IEEE 802.11ac standard likely won’t be ...

We’ve been hearing about 802.11ac wireless for some time now, with many developers including support for the higher-speed Wi-Fi in a variety of new products. It’s becoming fairly apparent that ...

The first smartphones supporting the new WLAN standard IEEE 802.11ac will soon be in the hands of consumers, allowing users to experience significantly higher data transmission rates. Although users ...

‘Next Generation Wireless LANs: 802.11n and 802.11ac’ Excerpt This 10-page excerpt provides an overview and history of IEEE 802.11 technology. The full comprehensive text describes the underlying ...

Gigabit-speed wireless LAN products based on the emerging IEEE 802.11ac standard will start shipping next year and usher Wi-Fi into its next era of high speed and long range, communications chip maker ...

Apple has released a bug fix patch for its 2013 AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule, fixing the OpenSSL ‘Heartbleed’ vulnerability. The update does not apply to the AirPort Express. Firmware update 7.7.3 ...

When it comes to wireless networks in higher education, most campuses have weak points: places where the capacity of the initial network design does not match up to the rapidly increasing number of ...

The emerging IEEE 802.11ac wireless LAN standard will be able to deliver faster connections wherever it’s used, but the biggest benefit may come at public hotspots—eventually. On Wednesday, the Wi-Fi ...